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How popular is “Loretha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Loretha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Loretha” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Loretha” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Loretha” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Loretha” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Loretha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Loretha” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 100%
1926 17 0.000007404 17 100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 100%
1931 36 0.000017107 36 100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 100%
1933 32 0.000016004 32 100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 100%
1935 38 0.000018183 38 100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 100%
1937 32 0.000015019 32 100%
1938 32 0.000014463 32 100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 100%
1940 31 0.000013463 31 100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 100%
1943 33 0.000011692 33 100%
1944 36 0.000013383 36 100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 100%
1946 31 0.000009702 31 100%
1947 31 0.000008606 31 100%
1948 33 0.000009558 33 100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 100%
1950 38 0.000010847 38 100%
1951 28 0.000007601 28 100%
1952 37 0.000009742 37 100%
1953 44 0.000011418 44 100%
1954 45 0.000011305 45 100%
1955 43 0.00001071 43 100%
1956 44 0.000010672 44 100%
1957 38 0.000009043 38 100%
1958 30 0.000007257 30 100%
1959 33 0.000007937 33 100%
1960 32 0.000007704 32 100%
1961 41 0.000009898 41 100%
1962 37 0.000009169 37 100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 100%
1964 38 0.000009775 38 100%
1965 38 0.000010481 38 100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 100%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 100%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 100%
1974 20 0.000006579 20 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 100%

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